할 레오나드에서 출판한 재즈 베이스의 종합 교본입니다. 
저자 Matthew Rybicki 는 정통 재즈 스타일에서 자신만의 워킹 베이스 라인과 임프로바이즈 솔로를 만드는데 꼭 필요한 지식들을 소개하고 있습니다. 
예제들의 모범 연주 음원이 온라인으로 제공되며 Ray Brown, Paul Chambers, Scott LaFaro를 포함한 많은 재즈 베이스의 전설적인 연주자들의 스타일로 연주하는 방법들이 수록되어 있습니다. 
워킹의 기본, 코드와 스케일, 블루스, 리듬 변화, 스트링 레이킹(raking), 솔로, 테크닉, 코드 치환, 페달 포인트와 오스티나토 등의 다양한 내용들이 오선 악보와 베이스 타브악보로 동시에 실려 있습니다. 


- Contents - 

INTRODUCTION 
OVERVIEW: WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED “JAZZ”? 

CHAPTER 1 
Living in Harmony: Intervals&Chords 
Technique Tune-Up: Getting a Sound 
Changes Are Inevitable: Introduction to Chord Progressions 
Bass Accompaniment: Role Call 
Preparing to Solo: Major and Pentatonic Scales 
All Ears on You: Introduction to Soloing 

CHAPTER 2 
Living in Harmony: Major. Minor, and Dominant Seventh Chords 
Technique Tune-Up: Fingering Strategies 
Changes Are Inevitable: The All-Important ii-V-I Progression 
Bass Accompaniment: The Two-Feel 
Preparing to Solo: Minor Scales 
All Ears on You: Creating Melodies of Your Own 

CHAPTER 3 
Living in Harmony: Chord Extensions 
Technique Tune-Up: Swing Time 
Changes Are Inevitable: The I-vi-ii-V Progression 
Bass Accompaniment: Walking Bass Lines 
Preparing to Solo: Modes 
All Ears on You, Part 1: Connecting Notes 
All Ears on You, Part 2: Chord Scales 

CHAPTER 4 
Living in Harmony: Major and Minor 6ths and Suspended Chords 
Technique Tune-Up:Skipping 
Changes Are Inevitable: The Blues Progression 
Bass Accompaniment: The Shape of Lines to Come 
Preparing to Solo: The Blues Scale 
All Ears on You: Composition in Real Time 

CHAPTER 5 
Living in Harmony. The ♭9th and ♭13th 
Technique Tune-Up: String Raking and Triplet Drops 
Changes Are Inevitable: The Minor Blues 
Bass Accompaniment: The Ostinato 
Preparing to Solo: Scales for the ♭9th and ♭13th 
All Ears on You: Telling a Story 

CHAPTER 6 
Living in Harmony: The #9th and #11th 
Technique Tune-Up: Emulating the Human Voice 
Changes Are Inevitable: "Bird" Blues 
Bass Accompaniment: Chord Substitution 
Preparing to Solo: Scales for the #9th and #11th 
All Ears on You: The Right Notes in the Right Places 

CHAPTER 7 
Living in Harmony: Diminished and Half-Diminished Chords 
Technique Tune-Up: Playing with the Bow 
Changes Are Inevitable:Diminished Chord Applications 
Bass Accompaniment: Ballad Basics 
Preparing to Solo: Scales for Diminished and Half-Diminished Chords 
All Ears on You: Making the Changes 

CHAPTER 8 
Living in Harmony: The #5th and ♭5th 
Technique Tune-Up: Thumb Position 
Changes Are Inevitable: The Cycle-of-4ths Progression 
Bass Accompaniment: The Jazz Waltz 
Preparing to Solo: The Altered and Whole-Tone Scale 
All Ears on You: lmprovising with Alterations 

CHAPTER 9 
Living in Harmony: Compound Chords 
Technique Tune-Up: Two-Finger Technique 
Changes Are Inevitable: Rhythm Changes 
Bass Accompaniment: Speed Walking 
Preparing to Solo: Bebop Scales 
All Ears on You: Heighten Your Mobility 

CHAPTER 10 
Living in Harmony: Hybrid Chords 
Technique Tune-Up: Beat Manipulation 
Changes Are Inevitable: Modal Progressions 
Bass Accompaniment: Pedal Point 
Preparing to Solo: Conventional Chord Scales for Unconventional Chords 
All Ears on You: Upper-Structure Triads 

EPILOGUE 
ABOUT THE AUTHOR